by John Boyle | Mar 3, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
On March 1, 2022, oTIS announced that it had chosen the mixed lane option for Washington Avenue. There will be a variety of lane configurations over the 5-mile stretch: 4 lanes to 3 lanes to 4 lanes to 5 lanes to 4 lanes to 3 lanes to 4 lanes. The downside of this...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Feb 23, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Vision Zero
On Monday, March 1, 6:30pm, at the Christian Street YMCA, Philadelphia’s Office of Transportation Infrastructure and Sustainability (oTIS) will reveal their final plan for re-configuring the pavement markings of Washington Avenue from Gray’s Ferry to 4th...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Feb 7, 2022 | News, Vision Zero
Councilmembers Johnson, Squilla and Mayor Kenney appear to be ready to water down the safest possible configuration for Washington Avenue. More information in yesterday’s blog post and today’s Inquirer story. What can you do? Send an email today asking...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Feb 6, 2022 | News, Vision Zero
After a 10 year debate, in the end, safety was compromised when it comes to how Washington Avenue will be reconfigured in when it is repaved in Spring 2022. Despite being two engagement processes that involved thousands of survey takers, despite dozens of community...
by Sarah Clark Stuart | Jan 25, 2022 | News, Biking in Philly, Biking the Region, Featured, Vision Zero
In pursuit of our mission to promote bicycling as a safe and fun way for anyone to get around Greater Philadelphia, we advocate for consequential and equitable policy changes at the local, regional and state level. In 2022, the Bicycle Coalition and Transit Forward...